Slide 1 : Primavera (P5) Project Management
Introductory Tutorial By Omar El-Anwar
And Hisham Said NOTE: This brief tutorial does not cover all the aspects and functionality of Primavera Project Planner (P5). For more information and troubleshooting, please refer to P5 help and documentation. Tutorial Outline:
Slide 2 : Primavera (P5) Example Use Primavera to schedule the construction of a pumping plant. The table below lists the activities required to build one plant.
Use Primavera (P5) Project Management to do the following:
Gantt bar chart
Precedence Diagram
Resource Usage Spreadsheet of workers, carpenters each day
Resource usage profile (Histogram) of each resources
Project cash flow * Project will start May 12, 2008 Carpenters hourly cost = $40
Common labor hourly cost = $25
Slide 3 : 3 1. To start: Password: same as login CEE421
Slide 4 : 2. Add a new project: 4
Slide 5 : 5 3. To view the new project alone: Select your project
Slide 6 : 6 4. Input activities:
Right click on the white space in the layout window and select “add”
(see the figure below), or press “Insert” on your keyboard
Slide 7 : 7 5. Edit activity data: Activity ID Activity Description Activity Duration (in days)
Slide 8 : 8 6. Define relationships: Click on the “Activity Details” in the Activities toolbar Select the “Relations” tab in “Activity Details” window
Slide 9 : 9 6. Define relationships (con’d): Select an activity (e.g. Prepare Site) Click on “Assign” in the “Successors” window in the “Activity Details”
Slide 10 : 10 6. Define relationships (con’d): Click “Assign” In the “Successors” window, Define the Relationship type (e.g. FS) and lag (e.g. 0) Add other successors to the selected activity by repeating steps 4 to 7 Choose the successor activities for the selected activity (e.g. choose “Construct Footings” as a successor to “Prepare Site” Note: You can define relationships by predecessors using the “Predecessors” window in the “Activity Details”
Slide 11 : 11 7. Scheduling:
Slide 12 : 12 8. Understanding Gantt Chart: Critical activities are in red Non-critical activities are in green Drag the month’s timescale to move forward and backward in time Drag the day’s timescale to change timescale density
Slide 13 : 13 9. Define Resources: Click “Add” Select “Project Specific”
Slide 14 : 14 9. Define Resources (con’d): We are going to define resources under “Tutorial Resources” Make sure you are selecting “Tutorial Resources” and then click “Add”
Slide 15 : 15 9. Define Resources (con’d): Define the resources one by one
Slide 16 : 9. Define Resources (con’d): Define price, and default and maximum resource availability Note: To add a new resource, repeat steps 6 to 12 16 You can now return to the “Activities” view.
Slide 17 : 10. Assign resources to activities: 17 Select an activity to assign resources to Choose the “Resources” tab, and click “Add Resources”
Slide 18 : 10. Assign resources to activities (con’d): 18 Click “Assign” Select a resource
Slide 19 : 10. Assign resources to activities (con’d): 19 Input number of units/day Note: 1 man-day = 8 man-hr/day , assuming 8 hours working day. Note: To assign more resources to the same activity, repeat steps 4 to 6
Slide 20 : 20 11. Resource Usage Profile: Click on the “Resource Usage Profile” from the “Activities” toolbar Select a resource Resource Usage Profile for the selected resource
Slide 21 : 21 11. Resource Usage Profile (con’d): Right-Click on the “Resource Usage Profile” and select “Resource Usage Profile Options …” You can show resources by units or cost You can show cumulative resources usage curve Choose whether to show limits and over-allocation or not
Slide 22 : 22 12. Activity Usage Profile: Click on the “Activity Usage Profile” from the “Activities” toolbar Activity Usage Profile cumulative curve Cumulative curve scale Activity Usage Profile histogram Histogram scale
Slide 23 : 23 12. Activity Usage Profile (con’d): Right-Click on the “Resource Usage Profile” and select “Activity Usage Profile Options …” You can specify a resource type (e.g. material) to show
Slide 24 : 13. View Precedence Diagram: Click on the “Activity Network” from the “Activities” toolbar You can zoon in and out Note: You can drag activities to have a better layout for the Precedence Diagram.
In this view, you can add activities, change relationships, etc. To return back to the Gantt Chart, click on the “Gantt Chart” from the “Activities” toolbar 24
Slide 25 : 25 14. Grouping and Sorting activities: Click on “Group and sort” from the “Activities” toolbar Choose your criteria for grouping, and you can multi-level grouping
Slide 26 : 26 14. Grouping and Sorting activities (con’d): Also, you can sort the activities by clicking on the “Sort” button in the “Group and Sort” window Choose your criteria for sorting, and you can multi-level sorting as well
Slide 27 : 15. Printing: You can choose whether to show Activity Tables, Gantt Chart, Resource Profile, etc., or a combination of those Select the “Options” tab 27
Slide 28 : 16. Backing-up your project: 28
Slide 29 : 16. Backing-up your project (con’d): 29 Check the project you want to back-up
Slide 30 : 30 16. Backing-up your project (con’d): Choose the path
Slide 31 : 17. Restoring a project: 31
Slide 32 : 17. Restoring a project (con’d): 32 Choose the path
Slide 33 : 17. Restoring a project (con’d): 33 Choose the project you want to restore Click on “Import To” Click “Select”
Slide 34 : 17. Restoring a project (con’d): 34